38. Double Tragedy
In 1853, Joseph Avery was clinging to a log for 18 hours in the middle of the Niagara River until a rescue boat pulled him out of the water. Avery was boating the river with 3 other men when a current came and violently broke the boat, smashing it into a rock and killing his three companions. He survived the rescue but died minutes later when the watercraft capsized leading to his death. This photograph was captured before the man’s death.
